You never even called me by my name: David Allan Coe

Why are names so damn hard to remember? You know the typical situation, your at a party and your best friend introduces you to five beautiful elegant woman. Each of them with their own distinct features, blond hair blue eyes or smooth tan skin and long legs or just plain "hott" as some might say. All this time your salivating over the glamor before your eyes, you haven't listened to a word your buddy just said. Their individual names become lost in a sea of sexuality in your free hanging head.Well forgetting someone's name can happen in a variety of different situations but none better than a one night stand. Am I right?
This song is preformed by one of country music's most underrated singer/songwriters. the Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy himself. David Allan Coe. Now when most people hear the name "David Allan Coe" they think of a racist,misogynistic, vulgar womanizing male with nothing to do with his time except disgust others. He was raised in and out of reform schools his entire adolescence and lived behind bars most of his young life. He even claims to have been on death row for killing a fellow inmate who demanded oral sex from Coe. So with this odd malicious up bring, he was bound to have some ruff edges.
But if you dig deeper through the compacted dirty ground of country music, you'll find that even though Coe released two X-rated albums, one in 1978 and one in 1982, that the jewels of his waltzing honky tonk revolution had a major impact on all country music.Most notably on his 1974 release of Once Upon a Rhyme which peaked on the US country charts at number 8. This album is composed of low down tear jerking traditional country music. Some written about his life in prison, many about his juvenile youth and a few about the never fail tag line of country music...Heartbreak. On this album came Coe's signature song "You never even called me by my name" written by Steve Goodman and the always welcome John Prine. This song went all the way to Number 8 on the US Country singles chart bringing Coe immense success.
The first line of the song is a country music foundation. "It was all I could do, to keep from crying, sometimes it seems so useless to remain" Here the narrator is speaking of a past love so torn, trying not to cry, he thinks better for himself to not exist. Followed by the title "You don't have to call me darlin...darlin, you never even called me by my name".